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You Were Always My Hero: Now You're My Guardian Angel

I must say I am one lucky girl to have had the most wonderful man in my life for 24 years.

Linsey Johnson
Oct 18, 2016
Anderson, South Carolina
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You Were Always My Hero: Now You're My Guardian Angel

I must say I am one lucky girl to have had the most wonderful man in my life for 24 years. My grandfather was and, forever will be my hero.

Dear Papaw Rudy,

I wanted to start by saying I’m sorry. I’m sorry I didn’t get to come around a lot. I’m sorry I didn’t stay long when I did. I’m sorry I fell asleep watching the gameswith you. I’m sorry I spent to much time on my phone and not talking to you. I should have been better. I should have cherished those moments more. For that I will never forgive myself.

Thank you for loving me anyway. Thank you for seeing me and not my problems. Thank you for our long talks. Thank you for the days we spent just watching the news. Thank you for showing me how to garden. Thank you for teaching me to make the perfect egg sandwich. Thank you for helping me learn my multiplication tables. Thank you for believing in me when no one else did. Thank you for not giving up in me. Thank you for not saying “I told you so”. God knows you had the chance to on so many occasions. Yet you never did. You would just smile and say "It's ok, I'll show you." Or "Maybe you should try a different way." Thank you for everything.

You were my hero since as far back as I can remember. Now you’re my guardian angel. I love it when you come to my dreams and talk to me. I love when I find little things that remind me of you. I love when I’m thinking of you how I almost always see a cardinal, and how it always feels like it’s looking right at me. Thank you for watching over me. I know it's you. When I have my bad days and I just want to break down and cry, I know that little voice inside my head that just don’t quite sound like me, telling me that you are better now. I know it's you.

I wish I could talk you one more time. I wish I could hug you and tell you just how much I truly love and appreciate everything you ever did for me. All that is wishing. You always told me "wishing gets you know where. You either have to pray and work to make it happen, and when you can't then you have to accept it." I guess I'll have to just accept it.

I love you Papaw. You will forever be a part of who I am. You made me who I am today, and I will never regret a moment spent with you. I will do everything I can to keep you alive in my heart.

Love you more than Kentucky Wildcats,

Linsey

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